Leon Haywood – I Wanna Do Something Freaky To You (1975)
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Otha Leon Haywood (b.February 11, 1942, Houston, Texas, USA – d.April 5, 2016, Los Angeles, California, USA) was an American funk and soul singer, songwriter and record producer. Leon Haywood founded the Evejim Records label in the 1980’s.
An accomplished songwriter and arranger who periodically dented the charts in the 1970’s, Haywood never pretended to be an innovator. His hits are cheerful derivations of ’70’s mid-tempo funk and romantic ballads, usually embellished by smooth string charts.
Haywood’s roots extend way further back than the ’70’s. In the early ’60’s he toured and recorded with R&B saxophonist Big Jay McNeely’s band (which also backed Sam Cooke on the road). In the mid-’60’s, he had his first chart entry with “She’s With Her Other Love” on Imperial. In 1967, he had a solid R&B hit (and small pop one) with “It’s Got to Be Mellow,” whose commercial soul sound betrayed his Motown influence.
He didn’t come into his own as a solo artist until the mid-’70’s, when he had big R&B hits with “Strokin’,” “Come and Get Yourself Some,” and “Keep It in the Family.” His biggest single, “I Want’a Do Something Freaky to You”, crossed over to the Top 20 pop listings. The disco-ish “Don’t Push It Don’t Force It” was his biggest splash, making number two R&B in 1980. After the mid-’80’s, he eased out of the record business into business ventures; in the 1990’s, he produced blues albums by Jimmy McCracklin and others on his own EveJim label.
I was 20 when this hit the airwaves……almost 69 now. This is timeless…..still holds up. All us fellas have spun this vinyl when with our special gals laying next to us. Hell….I still feel 20. Crank this up.
One, two, three and to the fo' Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre is at the do' Ready to make an entrance, so back on up 'Cause you know we're 'bout to rip, shit up.
Are You Ready ??
It only takes a good ear!
Hip hop taking more music
Doctor dre gọt rich!! This sample &still paying
doctor Dre more like an organ snatcher
Dre did a great job, however, I wouldn’t have sampled that part of this song! The rest of the track is so much funkier!
Hip Hop is built on 1970's Soul Classics
Sampled? No. Ripped off and stolen.
Hip Hop roots!
This is a good money scheme and it's bangin. I ain't mad at Dr. Dre about this sample.
Daaaaamn this shit is good the original is original !
Snoop Dog just straight out played Leon's tune .
this 70s funk classic with its sensual beat and x rated lyrics makes Barry White feel like Pat Boone
Dre didn’t just sampled the beat he completely copied it.
I wanna sing… 1, 2 , 3 and to the fourth….
I must say this beat is insane no wonder dre sampled it
Corner Boudager by 50 cent was sampled from this
Nuting but a G thing was also sampled form this.
So he latterly jacked the whole beat.
Big Boi interview with snoop, dre, and warren g got me here.
So HOT
Dre got "Nuthing but a G thang"and "The Wash" All from this one song hahaha Nuthing but a G Thang first 1:20 in and The Wash starts at 1:22
I would love to see the Milwaukee bucks used this for giannis
1st time i listem to this it got me feeling wow
The younger generation is supposed to keep the old school sound alive. That's all ✊
Being sampled is a compliment. Introduces sampled music to a new generation. Lee Fields knows that and thanks the samplers.
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Too much Shaft in this song
Ya can’t tell me hip hop don’t make shit better
wa xu tri an tu da fo
Best part of rap is discovering the original tracks. It’s a fantastic voyage
So that shit never original
An exact, One Minute INTRO. All it took for Dre to get paid. Sounds like a completely different song after 1 minute.
I was 20 when this hit the airwaves……almost 69 now. This is timeless…..still holds up. All us fellas have spun this vinyl when with our special gals laying next to us. Hell….I still feel 20. Crank this up.
real madafadn g
One, two, three and to the fo'
Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre is at the do'
Ready to make an entrance, so back on up
'Cause you know we're 'bout to rip, shit up.
That’s crazy he didn’t change a lot either
FAN: Hey bro, I see these ain't your beats
DRE: Lol, ever heard of the Mandela Effect?
FAN: nice try